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| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by saintjoel(m): 9:16pm On Aug 20, 2016 |
elvis07:You can get in touch with me 08062948193. We're currently on strike at seme border because of customs and FG policies. We pay money as bank charges and they still collect huge sums of money for processing, so agents and our excos agreed on an indefinite strike till when the finance minister and customs agree on lower charges. |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by musicwriter(m): 9:49pm On Aug 20, 2016 |
saintjoel:You have no idea the state of things today. Exchange rate as at today is N630 to 1,000 CFA. So, what you have there is over double the price you quoted!. Car wasn't dutied. |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by musicwriter(m): 9:54pm On Aug 20, 2016 |
adisarasaq:The car wasn't dutied. If I paid duty on it there would've been no need to settle anybody. |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by ANAKONDA: 10:01pm On Aug 20, 2016 |
AutoJoshNG:You are swell. Thanks. But please how is the VIN check carried out ? What details are required ? |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by sonnie10: 10:26pm On Aug 20, 2016*. Modified: 5:33am On Aug 24, 2016 |
Nnaabros:Using USA as an example, vehicles are inspected on yearly bases before they are allowed on the road. It is called motor vehicle inspection. Accredited private mechanic workshops are connected to database of the State Registry of Motor Vehicle, so that information from your vehicle could be captured and stored in those database. Therefore every year, when you take you vehicle in for inspection, the mileage is read and store in this database. Because there are laws that allow access to information classified as public information, some company go into the business of getting this information (your car millage ) from those database where they are stored. They do so by using the unique number called VIN which is specific for every vehicle to see its corresponding millage and other information about the car such as accident history. These they sell to you for a fee. Google Carfax. Hope this answers you question on who keeps records of car mileage? What do "smart dealers" do? Take for instance, they buy a car that was used for livery or taxi which was inspected in January and mileage read 110k as at that time of inspection. If this car was used through out the year for long commutes and got additional mileage of say 80k. So it has 110 + 80 = 190mileage. The smart dealer then would first look up the mileage which obviously would still be 110k on record. He then rolls the odometer reading back to 115 to make it look like its a low mileage vehicle. This is the case of most used vehicle sold in African markets. The actual low mileage ones are hardly exported and not cheap either. |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by saintjoel(m): 10:35pm On Aug 20, 2016 |
musicwriter:It even makes it better if exchange dropped to N630 - 1,000 cefa. So how does what I quoted before double what I just quoted now, the difference is just N10:00. It means that at 4.3m cefa, the car is N2.7m (asking price) + N480,000 ( Nigerian custom duty).... Why didn't you pay duty for the car and you're also part of the problems agents have, you made it seem that it was just because they saw papers from Cotonou, you didnt tell us about the smuggling part. |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by yom2(m): 3:10am On Aug 21, 2016 |
AutoJoshNG:pls can two persons name appear on a vehicles licence if they both contributed to purchase it as in a company? |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by AutoJoshNG(op): 11:58am On Aug 21, 2016 |
yom2:Yes. It is possible. |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by AutoJoshNG(op): 12:04pm On Aug 21, 2016 |
ANAKONDA:The VIN check is carried out by accessing a pre-stored data usually through Carfax or Autocheck. The 17 digit car VIN is required to carryout this check. The VIN is located at the lower part/driver's side of the car's windshield and on the B-pillar on the drivers side. |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by Nobody: 3:30pm On Aug 21, 2016 |
sonnie10:Wow! Very concise. You're awesome |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by makizee(m): 5:06pm On Aug 21, 2016 |
were this pictures taken at Cotonou or Lagos? |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by stanleyfish5: 7:58pm On Aug 21, 2016 |
AutoJoshNG:Sir how do run a VIN check on a car to know mileage? |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by ANAKONDA: 8:01pm On Aug 21, 2016 |
AutoJoshNG:Thanks |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by AutoJoshNG(op): 8:09pm On Aug 21, 2016 |
makizee:Cotonou |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by AutoJoshNG(op): 8:11pm On Aug 21, 2016 |
stanleyfish5:Post the VIN on my VIN check thread. |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by Sunsets: 6:10am On Aug 22, 2016 |
RPDA:How? because I am ready |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by saintjoel(m): 8:15am On Aug 25, 2016 |
bravolad:For those of you that think payment of custom duty is a smooth ride in any country without agents as brokers, shown below are the excos from the national body of the association of Nigerian licensed customs agents addressing agents on TUESDAY about the ongoing strike at seme border by agents. The national president, ALHAJI SHITTU is sitted third from the left, while Mr Fanu (Nybo),the chairman of ANLCA seme border is standing. Part of what was discussed is as follows :- 1. Central database and data exchange between Benin customs/agents and Nigerian customs/agents. Agents have been fighting for a central database for years but custom officers and ministry of finance have turned deaf ears to our pleas. The central database will prevent corruption and smuggling, if a car is bought from/shipped through cotonou,a notification comes on at the Nigerian end and the car is expected at the border,while the agent in charge is also informed, if the CAR is smuggled into Nigeria, the FRSC and NPF can be informed and the car and it's owner will be arrested at the point of registration,the officers and agents involved in smuggling can then be traced. 2. Reduction of import tariff so that importers can be encouraged. 3. Reduction of custom checkpoints on our highways to prevent extortion of agents and importers. 4. The enforcement of a "one Direct trader input unit ( DTI),one agency rule",which also take care of false declarations,fake duty papers and smuggling. 5. Arrest of custom officers caught running entries and agents caught conniving with them. 6. The data capture of every licensed customs agent and the strict compliance to the rule. Also the national president talked about re-training of all agents. The national president in the person of Alhaji SHITTU is currently in Kano to meet the C.G of customs for a parley while the minister of finance has summoned the area controller of seme border, the deputy controllers of vehicle seat and valuation to advice her on the next step to take on the tariff. So don't just think that agents are just sitting down to make money,they are actually the persons calling customs to order. There might be bad eggs amongst us but for every corrupt agent,we also have two or three corrupt importers. Agents like many other professional bodies are trained in what they do,can you walk into a clinic and start prescribing drugs for yourself or can you walk into a tax office and start auditing, if you're not trained as an auditor If an agent charges you N800,000 for a job, they'll rather handover to an agent that claims he/she can do it for N400,000. https://www.nairaland.com/2148485/cotonou-dealers-importers-agents-thread#30746638 This thread has been active for years but unfortunately,none of the so-called agents even in nairaland have bothered to input their details on the thread, it shows the rot in the system and with time, it will be cleared by ANCLA.
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| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by oludareojemeh: 4:38pm On Aug 25, 2016 |
Well written article, it hits the points. |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by saintjoel(m): 6:05pm On Aug 25, 2016 |
AutoJoshNG:If any importer falls into these category,he/she can approach a licensed AGENT to raise what is called a DEBIT NOTE (D.N). A debit note is raised with the importers consent,its raised between the C. A. C,post clearance unit and the valuations units. The D. N is used to cover-up for the balance of what was supposed to be paid as duty initially and believe me, a DN will save you from embarrassment when custom officers stop you on the highway. Please note that before a DN can be raised, your papers must be original and the original year of declaration must be known, also the cheapest you can process a DN is N170,000 but please note that it's also subject to the model of the vehicle you're declaring. Picture one shows the initial payment of N158,000 Picture two shows N105,000 that was raised as D. N for the vehicle. Picture three shows the post clearance release form showing the reason a D. N was raised. These pictures are from JELAD ventures and mustn't be copied.
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| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by KoldKash(m): 11:51am On Aug 31, 2016 |
@AutoJosh,these RX350 are they certified or brandnew? |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by AutoJoshNG(op): 1:45pm On Aug 31, 2016 |
KoldKash:Brand New. |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by KoldKash(m): 12:37am On Sep 01, 2016 |
AutoJoshNG:Any certifieds available? |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by AutoJoshNG(op): 8:27am On Sep 01, 2016 |
KoldKash:There is for sure and I can search for you if you contact me through my website in the signature. |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by KoldKash(m): 1:28pm On Sep 01, 2016 |
AutoJoshNG:Ok |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by Nobody: 3:46pm On Sep 01, 2016 |
What about the custom duty, the Nigerian custom service will impound your vehicle, because the cotonou custom duty wont reflect the new Nigerian custom duty regime. CAVEAT EMPTOR. |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by saintjoel(m): 10:19am On Oct 04, 2016 |
kaeforum:Which duty doesn't reflect, is it the one paid at seme/idiroko borders to the Nigerian Customs Service OR which one? |
| Re: Advantages And Disadvantages Of Buying Your Car From Cotonou by bigass(f): 11:12am On Oct 06, 2016*. Modified: 12:19pm On Oct 06, 2016 |
saintjoel:Aside from the port charges. Is there any difference in valuation/custom duties paid on any car between seme(land) and Tincan(sea) borders?. I expect that car values and subsequent duties are same irrespective of the border. |
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